Édouard and Communication R-evolution receive the German Design Award 2018

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Édouard, the seating system designed by Antonio Citterio, and Communication R-evolution, the systemic and integrated communication project developed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of B&B Italia, have received the German Design Award 2018,respectively for the categories “Excellent Product Design-Furniture” and “Excellent Communication Design – Integrated Campaigns and Advertising”. This important award celebrates the important innovations introduced by the Édouard project, a collection of upholstered furniture with a strong aesthetic and functional appeal, whose comfort is optimised by wide seats and high backs. Moreover, the prize sets out to reward the narrative quality of the Communication R-evolution project, which has proved strategic in promoting the heritage and vision of B&B Italia, as a leading ambassador of Italian design worldwide. The German Design Award is one of the most prestigious international design prizes and is conferred by the Rat für Formgebung (German Design Council) on innovative products, producers and designers who are a reference for the German and international design scene.

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Antonio Citterio

Édouard is a family of innovative upholstered furniture endowed with powerful aesthetic and functional charm: armchair, sofas and sectional seating elements (chaise longue, terminal and corner elements) designed to create restful areas that suit both the space available and the personal taste. The system offers two typologies which differ in the back height structure, namely 92 cm for the armchair and sofas, and 85 cm for the sectional elements.